Another land question.
 

Just how many of you have given any thought to buying hunting land?

In 1 year ?5 years? For retirement?

If not........ Why? Cost,Time .money or a combo of all of the above.

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I've thought about it a lot. Up until now, I probably never would have even come close to affording it. Now I probably could if I really wanted to. BUT, If it was close enough for me to use often, I'd be lucky to get 20 acres. Probably closer to 10. Anything substantial would be too far away for me to use on any regular basis. I wouldn't be able to keep tresspassers off. I also would have to make other sacrifices in my style of living which I'm not sure I'd care to make. I don't really care about having it to hunt on when I'm retired as almost everyone I know who IS retired, has lost the drive to hunt seriously. I'm finding enough enjoyment in hunting different places that I'm not as worried about having one place to hunt. I'd feel very much obligated to hunt there ALWAYS, and I am liking the variety I've developed.

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I plan to purchase some hopefully by summer/fall of 2009. I'll be close to 25, and just married, but I've been fortunate enough to be able to save quite a bit of income from now until then. My dad plans to buy our neighbors 120acre tract to add in to our 90, and I know he intends to sell a piece to me, but I doubt I will do it. I want to find my own ground to start off on my own. Land in our area is relatively affordable, although there's still specific areas that draws high dollars. I couldn't NOT live on land, although I doubt it will be anything over 20 acres.

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My wife and I are looking now for an affordable place. It will probably be at least an hour away if not closer to 3. Land close to home is just not affordable to us. I'm hoping for 50-75 acres although if I get the right 20-30 acres I'll be happy. I have 5 acres now that gives me the opportunity to dove hunt and I've killed a few yotes too, but there are no deer here.

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The set-up I have right now is pretty sweet. There are400 mostly wooded acres and about 5 of us that split the tab for planting, building stands, maintaining the cabin and equipment. Plus, there is somone living on the property to keep out tresspassers.

The bad part is the land is already contractually sold (to the Conservation Dept) with the ownership being transferred upon the death of the current owners. When that occurs I'm going to have to look at making an investment or stick to public land.

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I wish our state wildlife agencies to a more serious look at hunters owning land. Loss of hunt able ground is a huge factor in hunter numbers and time spent afield.
Young hunters never give thought to the value of owning land,most are more than glad to invest in a 401 K but never give a land purchase a passing glance. That 401 K money can't be touched until your 59 !/2 years old,you can enjoy the land an hour after the closing.Need cash 38% taxes plus a ten percent penalty on the 401 ,you can borrow against the land.
As an investment for yourself & your family nothing will beat land, and if yours gets to valuable sell it for a huge profit and buy a bigger piece. Its a win win.

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Jim Bro, You know I'm always looking. In fact spent the bulk of the morning looking. Lots of land up your way.

My issue is I'd love to have it in Ohio but thats 3k+ per acredepending on the land. In Pa I can find good tracts for 1K acreper.

I'm trying..just haven't pulled the trigger yet.

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I actually am a co-owner of 234 acres right now, but we plan on selling it something this year or next. See, the other owners are my 4 sisters and brother. My brother still lives on the family land and he can live there as long as he wants. I can't afford to buy their shares, so I plan on taking mine and buying what I can here in Illinois. It won't be much but if I can be patient and find the right land for hunting and in a good location, it should be a good investment for our kids.

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There are down sides to owning land also, several years back I bought three vacant parcels from a bank.
The location sucked,it was on a steep hill side. But the place had 18 red oaks over 30 inches and 55 cherry trees about the same size. Plus miscellaneous other less valuable stuff but I was going to make some serious cash then dump the place.
Well I got busy and didn't get it timbered right a way but that winter after a late season grouse hunt ,

Did I mention this land is in another town 40 miles away?

My freind wanted to see my land purchase. Well we couldn't find it,being winter and allthings looked different,but after a little looking we found my now clear cut land. We found it by asking a local guy that was cutting fire woodon my land who owned the land where he was cutting, he spit out my name and told me what a nice guy I was for giving him all of this fire wood.

Then he looked at me and asked what my name was..

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How'd that lawsuit work out for ya?? ;)

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I am the last in the line that carries my name.........in a sense. My grandpa had 9 brothers and sisters. I won't have a son that carries my last name.....but there's land that's been in my family for generations that I WILL have the opportunity to purchase in the coming years. It so happens that I have avery affluent cousin with two boys (same last name). Any land I may want to purchase will be (when I purchase it) in their name......and I'm "OK" with it remaining that way after I'm gone. I'll likely (already got it in the works) purchase 20 acres or so.....but I'll leave the door open for their heirs to get access to that when I'm gone. My son will inherit 60 acres from his grandfather.....and that'll be his to do whatever he chooses with. Good for him.

By me not purchasing this family land (the land I am looking into hunting, right now).....I'll still have access to it for the rest of my life to hunt if I so choose. I just haven't given it a fair look until now. They don't need the money .....so they won't be selling.

Lisa and I will build there in the future.......maybe something small to spend weekends on for several years......maybe retire there. If I thought for a minute there was a chance it would leave our family.....I'd make other arrangements. That isn't a worry.

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i just started a post stating that i am in the process of purchasing 10 acres of land. we intend to build there in the future, but for now it is going to be my hunting grounds. man, i can't wait to get out of town!

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Just thought of something else my son told me the other day.........he is already thinking ahead, told me to plant a small grove of walnut trees on it:D.

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i for sure want to buy some land hopefully in the next 5 years

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I purchased a farm almost exactly one year ago. It is the farm next to my parent's farm (borders to east) and my grandparent's farm (borders to south). I am still always looking though. There is another 100 acres to the north that is for sale right now, but with things the way they are I don't think that it will sell. That is good for me, because I want it and can't afford it right now. There is also a 17 acre patch of woods that borders my grandparent's to the east that I would love to buy and the owner recently moved to AK. He hasn't put it up for sale yet, but I suspect and hope that he will before too terribly long. Although it is a small parcel, it has some great hunting spots on it. The farmer to the south of my grandparents is also getting older and he owns approx. 100 acres on our side of the road and another 300 on the other side. If I could somehow get the 100 acres to the north of me, the 100 to the south of my grandparents and the 17 acres to the east, I think I might finally be satisfied... but I doubt it:D

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I quit paying the properly taxes.

The land holds little to no value as it sits. The cops won't prosecute the local guy that timbered it."No witnesses" they say ,of course the neighborI found cutting fire wood told me who timbered it, but to keep him fromhaving his trailerburnt out he would like to be unheard of ,and I can't blame him,it wasn't his timber. I do have little doubt he had a heads up on what was going to happen if he talked.
Its still up for tax sale if yer interested?;)

Hell another 60 maybe 70 years there will be timber on it again.

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I just closed on 84 acres a month ago. Been busy scouting and making food plot plans.